1. Etiology of Severe Acute Respiratory Infections, Bangladesh, 2017.
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Rahaman MR, Alroy KA, Van Beneden CA, Friedman MS, Kennedy ED, Rahman M, Balajee A, Muraduzzaman AKM, Shirin T, Flora MS, and Azziz-Baumgartner E
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- Antiviral Agents therapeutic use, Bangladesh epidemiology, Humans, Infant, Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype, Influenza, Human epidemiology, Respiratory Tract Infections diagnosis, Respiratory Tract Infections epidemiology
- Abstract
In April 2017, surveillance detected a surge in severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) in Bangladesh. We collected specimens from SARI patients and asymptomatic controls for analysis with multipathogen diagnostic tests. Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 was associated with the SARI epidemic, suggesting that introducing vaccines and empiric antiviral drugs could be beneficial.
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- 2021
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